Wines
Poggio al Toro
Tuscany
Organic practices
Poggio al Toro is located in one of the most isolated areas of Tuscany, 5-6 miles away from Murci, a very little town in the Morellino di Scansano appellation area. The owner, Vincenzo Ciaceri comes from a family famous in Rome for founding high class hotels (Haessler, Eden) and graduated in philosophy studying in Rome and increasing his knowledge and skills at prestiguos Wagner College.
At the end of the 90’s he decided to invest in a property in Maremma in the Morellino di Scansano appellation area. The particular climatic conditions (rare rainfalls, height, constant wind touching the vineyard) allows them to pick grapes at the desired tannic, aromatic and sugar ripening point, usually mid-late October. Once picked, the grapes are transported to the cellar where they are treated very gently to extract all the fruit potential with limited pump overs and frequent use of punch downs in the controlled temperature steel tanks. Wines are aged in big oak Slavonian casks and 5 hectolitre tonneaux in different proportions in timings according to the wine. The wines are made by Filippo Artini & Dario Parenti.